Robert Berkelhammer

The initial pet company registration discussion at the pet owner’s residence includes safer home exits for walking the dog(s). Unsafe exits may include a doorway that is too close to an outside stairway. This close proximity of an exit doorway to outside stairs can endanger the dog walkers balance if the dog(s) become out of control leaving the residence and the walker is multitasking as they shut the door(s). Some homes have a flight of outside stairs so close to the exit do

One sunny spring day I visited Ribeye, a thriving puppy weighing about 50 pounds. Ribeye greeted me with his effervescent personality, licking my hands and sniffing my pants. My first task before walking Ribeye was to feed him. I poured out his food as he sniffed around my ankles and placed his bowl on the floor. Ribeye ate with puppy vigor and the bowl was quickly emptied. Much to my surprise, Ribeye began to close his jaws around the edges of the bowl, trying to pick it up

Do you own a dog? Is your dog curious, long, and tall enough to counter surf by standing up and placing its paws on the front or top of a stove or counter top? I have seen dogs kitchen counter surfing, moving over towards a stove while standing on their hind legs, and turning on a gas flame with their front paws! Electric controls have also been turned on by counter surfing dogs. This is a tremendous fire hazard! Imagine being away from home and a counter surfing "Rover" turn

Are you a dog owner or pet professional walking dogs in suburban and urban areas through parking lots? The invention of quiet hybrid and electric vehicles has set up parking lot safety situations where dog walkers may not hear cars exiting parking spaces, or driving by. Many hybrids and electric vehicles are very quiet idling in neutral and when their transmission is in reverse or forward at low speeds. When the car driver and dog walker don't see or hear each other, danger c

Pet owners often use portable stairs for dogs and cats needing safe access to beds, chairs, sofas, radiators, and automobiles. The furniture accessed by pets can be inside the home in dens or bedrooms, basements, porches, decks, garages, or in the backyard. Portable stairs allow for continued bonding for the pet and their human family and bonding with other pets in the home. Certain pets rest during the daytime or sleep overnight in a child's or adult’s bed that are too high